Charges against Dumervil dismissed

A Denver court dismissed all charges Thursday against Broncos defensive end Elvis Dumervil.

He had been cited with assault and disturbing the peace following an argument with a parking lot attendant at Invesco Field at Mile High prior the Broncos’ game Oct. 24 against the Oakland Raiders. The incident occured when Dumervil forgot his player credential and was not allowed in by the parking attendant.

Dumervil, who missed the entire season following surgery to repair a torn pectoral muscle, made a cell-phone call to a team official and was quickly cleared to enter, but the parking lot attendant filed a complaint.

“”He never should have been charged in the first place,” said Harvey Steinberg, Dumervil’s attorney. “”And the press coverage should be the same not that his case has been dismissed as when he was charged.”

the parking attendant seems to have been trying to make a name for himself if they felt the charges were worthless so no prob, but should they have been I hope Elvis would have been treated as any person

Anonymous

I agree, it sounds like the attendant was just hoping to cash in on the argument.

Anonymous

I agree, it sounds like the attendant was just hoping to cash in on the argument.

Anonymous

I agree, it sounds like the attendant was just hoping to cash in on the argument.

Midway41us

the parking attendant seems to have been trying to make a name for himself if they felt the charges were worthless so no prob, but should they have been I hope Elvis would have been treated as any person

Midway41us

the parking attendant seems to have been trying to make a name for himself if they felt the charges were worthless so no prob, but should they have been I hope Elvis would have been treated as any person

Midway41us

the parking attendant seems to have been trying to make a name for himself if they felt the charges were worthless so no prob, but should they have been I hope Elvis would have been treated as any person

Anonymous

I agree, it sounds like the attendant was just hoping to cash in on the argument.

Anonymous

I agree, it sounds like the attendant was just hoping to cash in on the argument.

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”And the press coverage should be the same not that his case has been dismissed as when he was charged.”

I think they meant to print “NOW that his case has been dismissed”

But why on earth would they do that? There’s nothing sensationalistic about dropped charges against a high profile professional athlete. Then idiot fans across the country have nothing to rush to judgement on and hack journalists wouldn’t be able to sell as many papers.

We have to keep our priorities straight here, people.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ZHIX2KOY2TFH6DB2AKHZO3JOKI PinupGlam

”And the press coverage should be the same not that his case has been dismissed as when he was charged.”

I think they meant to print “NOW that his case has been dismissed”

But why on earth would they do that? There’s nothing sensationalistic about dropped charges against a high profile professional athlete. Then idiot fans across the country have nothing to rush to judgement on and hack journalists wouldn’t be able to sell as many papers.

We have to keep our priorities straight here, people.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ZHIX2KOY2TFH6DB2AKHZO3JOKI PinupGlam

”And the press coverage should be the same not that his case has been dismissed as when he was charged.”

I think they meant to print “NOW that his case has been dismissed”

But why on earth would they do that? There’s nothing sensationalistic about dropped charges against a high profile professional athlete. Then idiot fans across the country have nothing to rush to judgement on and hack journalists wouldn’t be able to sell as many papers.

We have to keep our priorities straight here, people.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ZHIX2KOY2TFH6DB2AKHZO3JOKI PinupGlam

”And the press coverage should be the same not that his case has been dismissed as when he was charged.”

I think they meant to print “NOW that his case has been dismissed”

But why on earth would they do that? There’s nothing sensationalistic about dropped charges against a high profile professional athlete. Then idiot fans across the country have nothing to rush to judgement on and hack journalists wouldn’t be able to sell as many papers.

Mike Klis has been with The Denver Post since 1998, after working 13 years with the Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph. Major League Baseball was Klis' initial passion. He started covering the Colorado Rockies after Coors Field was approved for construction in August 1990.

Nicki Jhabvala is the Sports Digital News Editor for The Denver Post. Before arriving in Denver, she spent five years at Sports Illustrated working primarily as its online NBA editor, and she was most recently the overnight home page editor at the New York Times. She has reported regularly on the Broncos since joining the staff.

A published author and award-winning journalist, Benjamin Hochman is a sports columnist for The Denver Post. He previously worked on the staff of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, winners of two Pulitzer Prizes for their Hurricane Katrina coverage.